CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;
QUINOL OXIDASE;
METAL CENTERS;
RESPIRATION;
DENITRIFICATION;
EVOLUTION;
D O I:
10.1007/BF00872214
中图分类号:
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号:
071005 ;
100705 ;
摘要:
The structural features of cytochrome oxidases are reviewed in light of their evolution. The substrate specificity (quinol vs. cytochrome c) is reflected in the presence of a unique copper centre (Cu-A) in cytochrome c oxidases. In several lines of evolution, quinol oxidases have independently lost this copper. Also, the most primitive cytochrome c oxidases do not contain this copper, and electron entry takes place via c-type haems. These enzymes, exemplified by the rhizobial FixN complex, probably remind the first oxidases. They are related to the denitrification enzyme nitric oxide reductase.